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Albine
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
animals
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
arose
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
astride
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
banqueted
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From this reading In the orchard, they were greeted by the birds that banqueted in the fruit-trees.
beaks
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
birds
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From this reading In the orchard, they were greeted by the birds that banqueted in the fruit-trees.
blossoms
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
branches
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
breakfasted
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
bullfinches
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
butterflies
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the orchard, they were greeted by the birds that banqueted in the fruit-trees.
chaffinches
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
children
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
crossed
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
delight
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
eyes
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
fan
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
feet
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
flights
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
flying
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
follow
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
fruit
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
fruit-trees
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From this reading In the orchard, they were greeted by the birds that banqueted in the fruit-trees.
golden
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
greeted
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From this reading In the orchard, they were greeted by the birds that banqueted in the fruit-trees.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
humble
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
hungry
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
kingdom
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
like
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
living
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
loyal
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
made
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From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
monarchs
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
obeisance
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
only
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From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
orchard
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From this reading In the orchard, they were greeted by the birds that banqueted in the fruit-trees.
orioles
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
parterre
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
plants
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From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
play
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
purloined
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
quivering
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
rendered
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
ripest
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
round
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
sat
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
scarred
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
Serge
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From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
showed
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
sparrows
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
sported
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
submission
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From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
sunbeams
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the orchard, they were greeted by the birds that banqueted in the fruit-trees.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
train
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
twittered
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
very
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From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the orchard, they were greeted by the birds that banqueted in the fruit-trees.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was only the plants which had not made their submission.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The sparrows, the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the bullfinches, showed them the ripest fruit scarred by their hungry beaks; and while they sat astride the branches and breakfasted, birds twittered and sported round them like children at play, and even purloined the fruit beneath their very feet.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Albine and Serge passed like monarchs through the kingdom of animals, who rendered them humble and loyal obeisance.
wings
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From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When they crossed the parterre, flights of butterflies arose to delight their eyes, to fan them with quivering wings, and to follow in their train like living sunbeams or flying blossoms.
